Synonyms for scan
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Skim
2. Survey
look, survey, view, scrutinize, scrutinise UK, investigate, scrutiny
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.
She scanned the passage carefully but could not find what she was looking for.
- v. 2
To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely. To inspect, analyse or go over, often to find something.
to scan the hard drive for errors
Related words
- Word family
- scannability scanbed
- Phrases
- nuchal scan nuchal translucency scan progressive scan scan doubler
Forms
- Past participle
- scanned
e.g. scanned → skimmed, raked, looked, surveyed…
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To scan is to look at minutely, to note every visible feature.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- rake They rake the sand to make it look like paradise.
- skim Let the milk stand overnight and skim off the cream.
- survey This survey doesn't take a long time to complete.
- examine We dissected a frog to examine its internal organs.
By length
- 4 letters
- look1, read1, view1, rake1, skim1
- 6 letters
- survey2
- 7 letters
- examine3
- 8 letters
- scrutiny3
- 10 letters
- scrutinize3, scrutinise
- 11 letters
- investigate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (survey2 = 2 syllables).